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I don't know how it actually works, but I can't see how this would be needed in that situation. The ^C signal goes from client to server, while the program is f

by ambrop7 12y ago

I don't know how it actually works, but I can't see how this would be needed in that situation. The ^C signal goes from client to server, while the program is flooding in the opposite direction. So the flood of data shouldn't delay the ^C transmission.

kentonv 12y ago
The real problem is not with programs flooding the terminal, but rather that if the foreground program isn't accepting input (perfectly normal for many programs) then by design the socket buffer will fill up, TCP flow control will kick in, and the client machine will stop even sending the bytes to the server. In order for a ctrl+C to get around the backed up buffer, it has to bypass the regular queue.